Unions deny rumours of job cuts at Cadbury Schweppes

Rumours of Cadbury Schweppes slashing UK jobs as part of a £300m cost-cutting drive have been rubbished by the Transport and General Workers (T&G) section of the Unite ‘super union’.

The Financial Times reported that Cadbury Schweppes was close to announcing its largest cost-cutting exercise in four years – amounting to savings of up to £300m and including a number of factory closures and job cuts.

The union, however, insisted that the exercise should not affect the Cadbury workforce in the UK.

T&G Section regional organiser Joe Clarke said: “There have been no discussions with Cadbury about job cuts or restructuring the Cadbury business.

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“In fact, we are expecting increased investment by Cadbury in promoting its UK products.”

The job cuts were reported earlier this week as Cadbury recovers from a salmonella scare and a decline in its UK market share last year.